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AFR 402<\/p>\n
September 16, 2015<\/p>\n
Identifying and Assessing Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When writing any kind of academic essay, article, or thesis a choice must be made in regard of sources. Outside of information these sources dictate the style and\u00a0the texture of the piece one is writing. In the writings of Colin Palmer, Lewis Gordon,\u00a0and Ruth Reviere exist three different examples of how one might integrate various\u00a0sources to supplement their assertions on African American Studies.<\/p>\n Colin Palmer, the first of our three authors, offers a more traditional thesis.\u00a0Armed with an abstract, background, and chronology Palmer lays out a full history\u00a0and possible future for African American studies. His sources aid the almost clinical\u00a0feel of his piece, citing a mixture of historical texts, books and theoretical articles\u00a0questioning the place of African American studies. With each assertion made about\u00a0the academic field of African American studies, its history and methodologies,\u00a0Palmer takes care to contextualize it with actual time pieces such as Langston\u00a0Hughe\u2019s \u201cI, too, Sing America.\u201d Palmer offers the young research student the\u00a0quintessential exemplar of The Research Essay.<\/p>\n On the other hand Lewis R. Gordon offers the reader an alternative to the\u00a0sterility of the research essay, by offering a smooth article pondering the actual\u00a0workings of the African Diasporic Field. Published in The Black Scholar, Gordon\u2019s\u00a0piece works from a small group of material rather than the broad scope of sources\u00a0exhibited in Palmer\u2019s essay. That being said his article is infused with nothing but\u00a0substantive sources that drive this theoretical article forward, instead of fact-of-the-matter general historical sources. Because Gordon is not working entirely from a\u00a0historical framework, he is free to delve deeply in his claims and texts.<\/p>\n Lastly Ruth Reviere employs all sorts of sources to supplement her call for an\u00a0even more Afro-centralized African Diasporic studies field. Between published\u00a0collections of essays, novels, APA journals, and academic as well as newspaper\u00a0articles Reviere seems to have it all. However her piece seems to be primarily\u00a0focused on one text while the others simply serve as a reference for the reader. Her\u00a0references don\u2019t offer the reader a history, and seem to be quickly thrown in to\u00a0protect intellectual property. Though her sources for the most part aren\u2019t general,\u00a0they don\u2019t seem to be entirely employed.\u00a0These three authors offer the research student a close look at the various\u00a0kinds of work they can do but also a look at how one can interact with their\u00a0references. Substantive references that not only speak to one\u2019s assertions but also\u00a0allow them to work within the text. [Sources rich in quality]* will rule over general references of fact.Excusing\u00a0the length of a project, working from a small host of excellent sources will [be preferable]* over\u00a0a litany of articles, books, journals, and webpages. Ultimately the sources make or\u00a0break the paper.<\/p>\n *Edited September 22, 2016<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AFR 402 September 16, 2015 Identifying and Assessing Sources \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When writing any kind of academic essay, article, or thesis a choice must be made in regard of sources. Outside of information these sources dictate the style and\u00a0the texture of the piece one is writing. 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